On Shoeing The American President Poem by Bill Grace

The fellow who threw the shoe
Knew exactly what he would do
I wonder if there will be a future pay off
For having given his world so definitive a statement
Of a supremely dark disdain.

Bush, it seems to me, was never known as an open man
This event could confirm the wisdom of that stand
Of a quarter back wise enough to almost always stay behind his line.
In youth I would have thought such an action fine
But time and growing a hair more wise
Has helped me understand the calculus of leaders and led a little more
The future is what will tell us what is in store
And sustain or deny the statement of a flying shoe.